Operations Associate or Sr. Associate (Structured Funding) - Guggenheim Treasury Services

Guggenheim Partners • Chicago, IL

2d • $90,000 - $140,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Guggenheim Treasury Services (GTS), a structured financing business within Guggenheim Partners, is seeking an exceptional operations professional to join its team. This individual will play a pivotal role in supporting complex funding transactions, ensuring operational excellence for the business, and partnering closely with front office, risk, finance, and technology teams. The ideal candidate should be: detail-oriented, innovative, and willing to learn; takes ownership of processes and manages time efficiently; and possesses analytical and problem-solving skills.

This role is expected to report onsite in the Chicago office at least 4 days per week.

Requirements

• Completion of a Bachelor’s degree.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in operations, middle office, or treasury functions within financial services is required, ideally with exposure to trading and structured funding.
• Proficiency with trade capture and operational processes, as well as advanced Excel and data analysis tools

Nice To Haves

• General knowledge of products such as repos, securities lending, derivatives, commercial paper, and other funding instruments.
• Operational knowledge in trade lifecycle management, transaction booking, collateral management, and settlement processes.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to influence and partner across teams.

Responsibilities

• Play a pivotal role in full lifecycle of trading and structured funding transactions, from trade capture and affirmation through settlement, collateral, and reconciliations.
• Ensure accurate and timely booking of transactions into trade capture and risk systems, maintaining consistency across front-to-back platforms.
• Support bespoke financing and liquidity solutions, including repo, securities lending, derivatives, and structured note issuances.
• Assist in creating control frameworks to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and market standards. Proactively identify, escalate, and resolve operational risks.
• Propose initiatives to streamline workflows, automate processes, and enhance operational resiliency across funding and trading businesses.
• Collaborate with traders, structurers, treasury, legal, compliance, and technology teams to enable smooth execution of complex transactions.

Benefits

• Annual base salary between $90,000 and $140,000.
• The base salary range represents the low and high end of the anticipated base salary range for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The range listed reflects base salary only, and the total compensation package may include other components such as incentive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level